Category Archives: Copper Networks

Useful Tips for Selecting PoE Cables

PoE has gained popularity in a number of applications, including IP cameras, IP phones, and wireless access points, by running power and data transfer over a single Ethernet cable. However, without proper PoE cables, PoE may have cable heating and … Continue reading

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Guide for Choosing Suitable Cat6 Cables

Though the Cat8 patch cable is arousing more and more attention in the market, the previous generations of patch cables such as Cat6 still play an important role in wired networks. At present, Cat6 cable can be categorized by shielding … Continue reading

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RJ45 vs SFP Port: Which Should I Use to Connect Two Switches?

When switches have both SFP port and RJ45 Ethernet port for 1000Mbps connections, it is always the case for us to decide whether to use SFP fiber optic module or RJ45 Ethernet cable solution. So RJ45 vs SFP, which shall … Continue reading

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Cat6a or SFP+ DAC, Which is better Used as 10G Stack Cable?

We have got benefits from the 10G stack switches for the past decades, and 10G SFP+ direct attach cable (DAC) used for stack cable makes the 10G stacking low-cost. But when 10GBASE-T becomes a new port choice on 10G switches, stacking … Continue reading

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Difference Between Passive and Active Twinax Cable Assembly

Optical fiber cabling had gone through rapid development over recent years and maintained its leading role in telecom field. While twinax cable still remained a good way to access the networking industry trends over the last three decades and presented … Continue reading

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